BEVERLY HILLS, July 5, (THEWILL) – The Ebonyi State government says it has discovered about 250 ghost workers in its teachers’ pay roll.
This was revealed by Hyacinth Ikpor, Executive Chairman, State Universal Basic Education Board, on Monday in Abakaliki, the state capital.
He added that the board also uncovered teachers who had been receiving double salaries as well as those who receive salaries as teachers and at the same time receive salaries in other government establishments.
“We been able to discover ghost workers in the system. Ghost workers not just in school system but also in various ministries,” he said.
“Just last week, we caught somebody, a level 10 officer, who is given three jobs. He is working in UBEB, Civil Service Commission and another ministry and he has collected about 10 million naira.
“We have caught some who are receiving double salaries. We have stopped their pay until we conclude our investigations.
“We have also uncovered a case where a teacher got somebody to be teaching for her since 2012 and she left.
“The person she hired has been in this school teaching and answering her name while she pays this auxiliary teacher N8, 000 and she takes the rest and neither the teachers nor the head teacher in the school complained and I was told she lives in Abuja.
“There are still some in the system now. The ghost workers are still rampant. We are doing our best but we have not succeeded in terms of 100 percent elimination.”
Similarly, the State Commissioner for education, John Ekeh, announced that four Secondary School Principals in the state had been demoted for absenteeism, indolence and truancy.
They are the principals of Community Secondary School, Oshiegbe, Kpakpaji High School, Girls High School Ndulo Ngbo and Community Secondary School Umuezeokaha.
He added that 40 teachers, who were found absent when a team from the state Ministry of Education visited their schools, are to lose one month salaries each for absenteeism.
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